#christmasSOwhite

In December 2016 Selma Nicholls, Nathalie Gordon, Wren Graham and I launched #christmasSOwhite to both raise awareness of the lack of diverse imagery at Christmas and also to create beautiful diverse imagery for everyone to use. This is the story of the initiative.

Picture the scene - it’s December 2015 and I’m at my local school’s Christmas Fair. Lights are twinkling, tinsel is glistening and there is an abundance of babies dressed as reindeer with cheeks red from cold. I’m not noticing all this as I’m hunched over my precious laptop creating with the children of year two a website depicting their perfect Christmas.